Travel
4:00PM Angus Kidman |
Welcome to Off The Rails, where I’m venturing along the north coast of NSW on a cheap rail pass to see just how well 3G broadband in general (and Telstra’s Next G network in particular) perform on the go and outside capital cities. After the first day, I’m wondering whether the software that drives the process is going to be up to the task. More »
Off The Rails Day 1: Software Blues
4:00PM Angus Kidman |
Welcome to Off The Rails, where I’m venturing along the north coast of NSW on a cheap rail pass to see just how well 3G broadband in general (and Telstra’s Next G network in particular) perform on the go and outside capital cities. After the first day, I’m wondering whether the software that drives the process is going to be up to the task. More » 
Travel
3:00PM Angus Kidman | If your in-car GPS has support for Suna, you can get a fair idea of any lurking traffic threats on your route. If it doesn’t but you’re an Optus subscriber, you now have another option: a mobile phone traffic alerts service which derives its data from the movements of Optus customers. More »
Optus TrafficView Tracks Traffic Problems Via Mobile Phone Users
3:00PM Angus Kidman | If your in-car GPS has support for Suna, you can get a fair idea of any lurking traffic threats on your route. If it doesn’t but you’re an Optus subscriber, you now have another option: a mobile phone traffic alerts service which derives its data from the movements of Optus customers. More »
Techlines
2:00PM Angus Kidman
Complaining about overcrowded inboxes is a staple of the modern age. But our recent TechLines broadcast raised an interesting point: is it actually a useful warning sign that you need to improve your working methods? More »
TechLines: Is Email Overload A Good Thing?
2:00PM Angus Kidman
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1:00PM Angus Kidman | Didn’t catch Lifehacker on Wednesday? Learn which phrases you’ve been misspelling for years and how to effectively manage multiple unique passwords. More »
Lunchtime Wrap: Misheard Phrases & Better Passwords
1:00PM Angus Kidman | Didn’t catch Lifehacker on Wednesday? Learn which phrases you’ve been misspelling for years and how to effectively manage multiple unique passwords. More »
Money
12:02PM Angus Kidman |
During Lifehacker’s Mastercheap experiment, I reached the conclusion that house brand foods were often indistinguishable from their mainstream counterparts, despite only costing half as much. A cross-brand comparison by Choice goes one step further and suggests that in some categories store-brand products actually taste better than their big-brand rivals. More »
Store Brand Foods Can Actually Taste Better
12:02PM Angus Kidman |
During Lifehacker’s Mastercheap experiment, I reached the conclusion that house brand foods were often indistinguishable from their mainstream counterparts, despite only costing half as much. A cross-brand comparison by Choice goes one step further and suggests that in some categories store-brand products actually taste better than their big-brand rivals. More »
Communicate
10:00AM Angus Kidman | A quick update on our story from yesterday about Telstra increasing its shaping speeds: the BigPond Twitter feed says that the upgrade will happen in late September and will apply to Elite and Ultimate plans with a monthly quota of 100GB or more. [BigPondTeam]
BigPond Shaping Upgrades Will Hit Late September
10:00AM Angus Kidman | A quick update on our story from yesterday about Telstra increasing its shaping speeds: the BigPond Twitter feed says that the upgrade will happen in late September and will apply to Elite and Ultimate plans with a monthly quota of 100GB or more. [BigPondTeam]
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9:15AM Angus Kidman | Google’s new Instant Search looks pretty impressive, but isn’t officially available on Google’s Australian domain right now. Here’s some tricks to get it working More »
How To Access Google Instant From Australia
9:15AM Angus Kidman | Google’s new Instant Search looks pretty impressive, but isn’t officially available on Google’s Australian domain right now. Here’s some tricks to get it working More »
Work
How Much Faster Is Google Instant?
9:05AM Adam Dachis | Google Instant likes to think it’s pretty fast, but how fast is it really? We pitted regular old Google against Google Instant, complete with its time-saving shortcuts, for a head-to-head comparison. More »
Travel
8:30AM Angus Kidman | Queensland is promising free Wi-Fi on Citytrain, and Melbourne has seen a couple of free Wi-Fi deals at Southern Cross station. Now NSW is getting in on the act, with a three-month trial of Wi-Fi access at Circular Quay station in Sydney. More »
Sydney Gets Free Wi-Fi Trial At Circular Quay Station
8:30AM Angus Kidman | Queensland is promising free Wi-Fi on Citytrain, and Melbourne has seen a couple of free Wi-Fi deals at Southern Cross station. Now NSW is getting in on the act, with a three-month trial of Wi-Fi access at Circular Quay station in Sydney. More »
Money
